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Canada Post announces subjects for 2025 stamp program

Jan 28, 2025, 8 AM
In 2021 Canada Post issued a stamp honoring former Prime Minister John Turner on the day of his birth anniversary. Sometime in 2025, Canada Post will commemorate Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, who was born March 20, 1939.

By David Hartwig

Canada Post announced details of its 2025 stamp program in a Jan. 16 press release.

The 2025 Canadian stamp program “includes influential figures and key milestones that have shaped Canadian history and culture,” the press release said.

Canada Post will continue the long-running Black History Month series with an issue commemorating Marie Joseph Angelique, a Portuguese-born slave who allegedly set fire to her owner’s house in 1734.

The annual Flower series will return with designs showing peonies, according to the press release.

A 2025 stamp issue will honor former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, who was born March 20, 1939, and died Feb. 29, 2024. Many of the Canada Post stamps commemorating former prime ministers, such as the 2021 stamp commemorating John Turner (Scott 3292), have been issued on the birth anniversary of the prime minister.

A 2025 graphic novelists issue will continue a series that began in May 2024 when Canada Post issued four graphic novelists stamps. In 2025 Canada Post will also continue its tradition of showing wildlife on stamps with an issue featuring fungi.

Canada will commemorate the “places and events that set the stage for the evolution of 2SLGBTQIA+ [Two-Spirit, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and/or Questioning, Intersex, Asexual, Plus] rights,” Canada Post said, with the issue date coming ahead of what the Canadian government calls Pride Season, a term referring to events taking place over the summer.

The Indigenous Leaders series, which Canada Post began in 2022, will continue in 2025. The press release did not provide an issue date, but all previous stamps in the series have been issued June 21, which is National Indigenous People Day in Canada.

The 2025 program will see another fundraising stamp issued for the Canada Post Community Foundation, which supports children and youth. Canada Post started this annual semipostal series in 2012.

In 2025 Canada Post will again issue stamps to commemorate the Sept. 30 National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, which recognizes those who never returned from Indian residential schools, those who survived, and the families and communities involved.

Another issue announced in the Jan. 16 press release will bring attention to “the dark history of civilian internment in Canada.”

An issue for Remembrance Day (Nov. 11) “honours Canadian war heroes who broke down barriers to serve their country,” Canada Post said.

Canada Post also confirmed special stamps to celebrate the holidays of Eid, Diwali, Hanukkah and Christmas.

“Canada Post takes pride in telling Canada’s stories through its iconic national stamp program,” the press release said, adding that members of the committee responsible for recommending subjects to the annual stamp program “rely on thoughtful input from groups and individuals to choose subjects that capture the country’s rich history and culture and reflect the shared values of Canadians.”

The press release said cultural icons and other topics will be featured on stamps still to be announced. The program is tentative and subject to change.

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